しんのすけせんせい、アメリカでは、もう一つのことわざがあります。「私はウールでそめたアメリカ人です。」I am a dyed in the wool American。それのいみですか。むかしはあんかなふくがつくられてからそめられていました。時々せんりょうがすべてのぬのをおおっていなかったです。時々みずがせんりょうをあらいながした。よりよいほうほうはそれがいとにつむがれるまえにきれいにされたウールをそめることでした。このほうほうで、いとはかんぜんにちゃくしょくされそしてよりながくじじくしました。

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